@Assistant: "Do simulators exist which allow you to move around with the keyboard, but, (as opposed to arrow keys mapped to directions to move + fixed joint/bone animations for the avatar/robot),
Over a decade ago, the "Utah array" microchip could interface a few hundred human neurons. Years ago, Elon Musk's "Neuralink" could interface around a thousand human neurons.
Cat versus rat versus bat differences? What is similar: existence of organs, connections&functions of organs, central nervous system, peripheral nervous system, 96% of genome matches.
"Can you lookup+parse articles such as `Integration Theory of Consciousness` to guess how difficult it is to produce programs such as you but which come more close to consciousness? ...